Garment hanger with integral locking means



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GARMENT HANGER WITH INTEGRAL LOCKING MEANS Filed Aug. 22, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET l BENJAM|N WEISS 'l/YVE/VTOA.

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Patented Nov. 27, 1951 GARMENT HANGER WITH INTEGRAL LOCKING} MEANS Benjamin Weiss, Flushing, N. Y.

Application August 22, 1947, Serial No. 770,091

2 Claims. (Cl. 223-94) This invention relates to garment hangers, and has for its main object to provide a garment hanger which will have incorporated therein locking means as an integral part of its own garment, said yokes being carried by two legs of a book by which the hanger may be suspended.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a device as characterized hereinbefore, in which the suspending hook is formed of wires having two legs carrying two yokes and locking means between the yokes formed of the wire of one of the legs itself.

Still further objects of this invention will be apparent as the specification of the same proceeds or will be pointed out therein, and, among others, I may mention: to provide a self locking garment hanger as indicated, which will be easy to lock or release, the same being done in a semi-automatic manner, which will be simple in construction, eificient to manufacture and inexpensive, and in which the legs carrying the yokes will be pivoted at the suspending hook portion of the device, whereby the legs may be opened up in an inclined manner for convenience in removing a garment from, or placing it on the hanger.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and accompanying the same;

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a preferred embodiment of my invention, portions of the same being broken away; I

Fig. 2 is another elevational view of the device, perpendicular to the view of Fig. 1 portions of the same being shown in section, as indicated on the line 2-4 in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 but in an open position, while Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, the section being taken on the line 44 of Fig. l, and the open position of the device being shown by dot and dash lines in an imaginary manner;

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary semi-diagrammatic side and top views of a modification, the top view showing the same in a more open posi tion than .the side view;

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of a further modification;

Fig. 8 is a transverse side view or end view of the same, while Fig. 9 is a sectional top view, the section being taken on the line 99 of Fig. '7;

Fig. 10' is an enlarged perspective view to indicate the operation of said second modification.

Referring now to the drawings, more in detail by characters of reference, the numeral 28 indicates the preferred embodiment of my invention, in general, the same being formed of two garment hanger yokes 2i and 22 of any appropriate shape and size, arranged in registering parallel relation, and generally being of the same contour, so that they may be pressed upon one another, back to back.

A wire hook device, generally indicated by the numeral 23 is secured into the yoke 2| carrying the same at its lower end 24, its upper end, 25 being formed into a hook proper, the forward end 26 of which terminates in a circle.

A second wire hook device, generally indicated by the numeral 21 carries at its lower end 28, the other garment yoke 22, its upper end 29 being similarly formed to the part 25, to provide a second hook proper, normally in parallelism with the hook 25, and its forward end also terminating in an inward ring 31], registering with ring 26. A pivot pin 3| is passed through the two rings, over which the two parts of the device may rock inwardly or outwardly, as indicated by the double arrows 32 and 33.

Intermediate of its end, the second wire hook member 21 has an inward extension, generally indicated by the numeral 34, being composed of two wire branches 35 and 36 bent out of the stem of the wire hook 21, and forming the two locking indentations 31 and 38.

When it is desired to drape two garments on the two yokes ill and 22 and to lock them to one another back to back, first my hanger device will be opened up, as indicated in Fig. 3, the pivot device at 3i permitting such a movement to a desirable width, whereby the two garments may be conveniently draped over the yokes 2! and 22.

Now, the two yokes will be pressed upon one another, the two wires 23 and 2? being placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, wire 23 snapping into the locking indentation 31.

When it is desired to remove the garment, wire 23 will be somewhat bent out of the indentation 3?, this operation being made possible by its resilient nature, and the device, again, opened into the position of Fig. 3. g

In case of heavy garments being draped over the yoke 2i and 22, the outer indentation 38 may be used for locking the wire 23, for obvious reasons. 7

In Figs. 5 and 6 I show a modification of my device in which the two wires 23 and 2'! are interconnected at their upper ends in about the centers of their respective hook terminations 25 and 29 by specifically constructed pivot 39.

For this purpose hinge plates til and 4|! will be secured on the hooks 25 and 29, as by welding, having a hinge pin 42 around which they may rock. The front ends of the hooks 25 and 29 may be finished by buttons 25a and 29a, respectively.

In Figs. 7 to 10, finally, I illustrate a second modification of my device. In this modification the whole hook device, as well as one of the yoke members are all formed of one piece of wire.

The wire yoke member in this case is not used as a yoke to drape a garment thereon, but is used as a locking member to be closed upon the other yoke proper on which the garment will be hung. The numeral 56 indicates the second modification, in general, its hook and locking members being formed of one piece of wire, as mentioned, and here generally indicated by the numeral 5|, said wire is bent double to form the two wire stems 52 and 53, normally in parallelism with one another, and being interconnected at their upper end by the hook proper portion 54. The wires of the hook device 54 here also are of resilient character as will be obvious. The stem '53 carries at its lower end a yoke proper 55, but the stem 52 at its lower end is continued in a wire frame 56, generally following the contour of the yoke 55, as indicated in Fig. '7, but being shorter than said yoke.

Frame 56 terminates at 57 where the end of the wire is hooked into the bend 58 formed by the same when starting the frame 56, so that it will be seen all the wire devices are made of one single piece of wire.

The same wire is also used to form the releasable locking device for this modification of my hanger, said locking device, generally being indicated by the numeral 59. The said lock device here is formed by appropriate bends in the wire stem 53,the nature of which is best indicated in Fig. 10,. as at 69, then turned outwardly, generally in parallelism therewith as at 6 i, then again turned inwardly at 62, and again returned outwardly as at 63, and then continued in the lower parts 64 of the wire 53. All these parts, obviously, are of resilient nature.

In the perspective view of Fig. 10, only one locking indentation is indicated in the single integral locking wire device 59. For this purpose the wires thereof first are substantially close to one another, as indicated at 55, and similarly close to one another in a portion of their rear, as indicated at 66, but in between the narrow portions, outward indentations 61 and 68 are shaped in the wires forming a wider space 69, and when it is desired to lock the device, the wire stem 52 will be pushed through the narrow outer space 65 and into the locking wider space 69, as indicated by the arrow 16.

The two sides of the wire locking device 59 will yield for such action, but will close on the wire 52 by their resiliency, as indicated in Fig. 9.

In Fig. 10 a simpler case of one locking in dentation 69 is illustrated for the sake of clarity of the device, but I prefer to make this embodiment of my self locking garment hanger also with two locking indentations, the inner one for lighter garments and the outer one for heavier ones, as indicated in Fig. 9, and as will be obvious.

At the ends of the wire frame 56 I also preferably make vertical indentations and slip a heavier rubber or similar ring ll therein, whereby the garment draped on the yoke 55 will not be pressed by the whole wire frame 56, but only by the yielding resilient sleeves H Frame 56 I also prefer to bend outwardly, as indicated at 72, so as to avoid crushing the collar portion of the garment on the yoke 55.

The opening and closing of the wires 52 and 53 is made possible here by the resilient nature of the 'hook 54.

The wire 53 is first turned inwardly While I have shown preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that changes and variations may be resorted to in the elements, combinations, and operation of my invention, and I reserve my rights to such changes and variations as are within the spirit of this specification, and the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

What I claim as new and want to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is:'

l. A twin garment hanger comprising a pair of horizontal bars constituting yokes and being of dimensions, adapting them to be each fitted into the upper portions-of a garment and to support the garments from the yokes with portions of the garments disposed between said yoke, a suspension element for each yoke, each suspension element consisting of a metal strand bent to form a hook having a downwardly extending shank secured at its lower end' to a companion one of said yokes, said hooks each having a bill disposed in the plane of the companion yoke and terminating in a laterally projecting eye, the eyes of said hooks being disposed one against the other, a pin passing through said eyes and pivotally connecting the hooks for swinging movement toward and away from each other, one hook having its shank crimped intermediate its length and forming an arm of double thickness projecting to ward the shank of the other hook and bent to form a latch having a laterally extending bill curved longitudinally and detachably engageable across the shank of the second hook to releasably hold the yokes close to each other in position for gripping between them portions of garments in which the yokes are fitted and preventing the garments from slipping off of the yokes. 1

2. A twin garment hanger comprising a pair of horizontal bars constituting yokes and being of dimensions adapting them to be each fitted into the upper portions of a garment and to support the garments from the yokes with portions of the garments disposed between said yoke, a suspension element for each yoke, each suspension element consisting of a metal strand bent to form a hook having a downwardly extending shank secured at its lower end to a companion one of said yokes, said hooks each having a laterally projecting eye,

the eyes of said hooks being disposed one against the other and aligned with each other,a pin passing through said eyes and pivotally connecting the hooks for swinging movement toward and away from each other, one hook having its shank crimped intermediate its length and forming a rigid laterally projecting arm of double thickness projecting toward the shank of the other hook and bent 'to form a latch having a laterally extending bill curved longitudinally and detachablyengageable in different positions across the shank of the second hook to releasably hold the yokes close to each other in position for adjustably gripping between them different thicknesses ferent thickness.

of garments in which the yokes are fitted and preventing the garments from slipping off the yokes, each engaging position accommodating a dif- BENJAMIN WEISS.

Name Date. Warren July 30, 1946 Number 

